Biography from Williams American Art Galleries:
| Frederick Rhodes Sisson, etcher and landscape painter, was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1893. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School and the Academy de la Grande Chaumière, Paris. Sisson also studied privately with Abbott Thayer in New Hampshire from 1920-21.
The artist settled back in Providence where he taught art at his alma mater, the Rhode Island School of Design, from 1924 until 1952. During that time he also worked as a critic for the Providence Journal (1932-50).
Sisson was a prominent member of the Providence Art Club and the Contemporary Artists of Providence. Upon his retirement in 1952, he moved to Falmouth, Massachusetts where he lived until his death in 1962.
Studied:
Rhode Island School of Design
Boston Museum of Fine Arts School
Academy de la Grande Chaumière, Paris
With Abbott Thayer, New Hampshire, 1920-21
Member:
Providence Art Club
Contemporary Artists, Providence
Society of Independent Artists
Work:
Rhode Island School of Design
Brown University
L. D. M. Sweat Memorial Museum, Maine
Houston, Texas (mural)
Springville Museum of Art
Exhibited:
Art Institute of Chicago, 1924, 1926
Society of Independent Artists, 1924, 1927
Corcoran Gallery biennial, 1928
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City (audiovisual)
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annual, 1930
L. D. M. Sweat Memorial Museum, Maine, 1946
Brown University Contemporary Artists, Providence, 1946
Rhode Island School of Design, 1946
Rhode Island State College, 1946
Attleboro Museum, Massachusetts, 1946
Texas A& M College, 1954
University of Houston, 1954
New Hampshire Art Association (solo)
Providence Art Club, 1935 (solo), 1951 (solo), 1955
Van Dieman – Lillenfeld Gallery, 1952 (solo)
Cape Cod Art Association, 1952 (solo)
National Academy of Design
Grace Horne Gallery, Boston
Taught:
Rhode Island School of Design, 1924-52
References:
Dunbier (ed.), The Artists Bluebook: 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
Falk (ed.), Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975
Falk (ed.), The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
Falk (ed.), Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design, 1901-1950
Falk (ed.), Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Opitz (ed.), Mantle Fielding’s Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
Falk (ed.), Who Was Who in American Art, Artists Active 1898-1947
Marlor, The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
Springville Museum of Art, Permanent Collection Catalogue
Mallett, Index of Artists, International-Biographical
Breckinridge, “Second National Exhibition of American Art - summer 1937”
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